Sabinsa Corporation broke ground on a new continuous extraction facility in Karnataka, India, that will increase production capacity by 200%. The $5-million, 75,000-ft2 expansion will feature a 25 MT/day capacity continuous extractor, a 15,000-ft2 downstream facility, a new microbiology lab and a 45,000-ft2 warehouse. The project should be finished...
Hoboken, NJ—A two-part study published in The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness has generated some interesting results for anyone concerned about reducing muscle soreness after exercise. Researchers from Chieti-Pescara University in Pescara, Italy, gave a branded French pine bark extract (Pycnogenol, distributed by Horphag Research) to normal individuals...
Ham Lake, MN—Bioenergy Life Science, based here, recently made public the results of a small-animal study in which the effects of caffeine and/or their branded ribose ingredient (Bioenergy) were tested on fatigued subjects. The mice had used up their energy reserves, as determined by three-day swimming exhaustion experiments. On the...
Hadley, MA—A small-animal study has found that stress-induced damage to the gastrointestinal tract may be helped with a vitamin E tocotrienols. Fourteen rats were given a normal diet, but seven rats out of the group also received 90% delta- and 10% gamma tocotrienol (at 60 mg/kg body weight, as DeltaGold...
Louisville, KY-based D.D. Williamson acquired the food coloring product line and processing equipment from Danisco USA Inc., which has been part of DuPont Nutrition & Health since 2011. The financial terms were not disclosed. Frutarom, with U.S. offices in North Bergen, NJ, acquired Hagelin Flavor Technologies of New York,...
Capsugel of Greenwood, SC, announced that its Vcaps Plus and Plantcaps vegetarian capsules received verification from the Non-GMO Project. Capsugel is the first capsule manufacturer to have this distinction. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry gave Sami Labs Limited, the manufacturing and R&D arm of East...
South Hackensack, NJ—Naturex recently shared fresh data about two newly launched ingredients during a media tour of its New Jersey extraction and production plant. In November, Naturex launched a blood sugar-support ingredient (Glucevia) derived from the fruits and seeds of Fraxinus excelsior (common ash or European ash). What makes the...
New data from the journal Lipids in Health and Disease suggests that krill oil could be better than other marine oils for improving individuals’ omega-3 index. Researchers from Canada’s Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, the University of Winnipeg and Enzymotec Ltd. of Migdal HaEmeq, Israel, conducted the study...
Sabinsa Corporation of East Windsor, NJ, received a letter of non-objection from FDA regarding the GRAS status of its Curcumin C3 Complex ingredient. Aker BioMarine of Oslo, Norway, launched the “How to Speak Krill” program, which offers retailers the tools they need to help their customers make better decisions...
Green Bay, WI—Sea buckthorn helps support heart and metabolic health in overweight women, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Previous studies have shown sea buckthorn berries—which are rich in omega-7 and antioxidants—to be effective against inflammation; sea buckthorn oil supplementation also proved beneficial...
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